Obvious printer’s errors were silently corrected.

Errors in the names were corrected for consistency and changed to either the first or the most occurring one:

• Stephen Davenant was called Stephen Newcombe on page 26
• Mrs. Davenant's maid Jane was called Janet on page 134
• Mrs. Cantrip on page 146 was called Cantup on page 169
• Walmington Square was called Washington Square on page 221.

Otherwise the author's writing style has been preserved, including:

• archaic and inconsistent spelling
• inconsistent hyphenation
• French words written without accents.